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unaccessory en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin accēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accessor Latin -ius Medieval Latin accessōriusbor. English accessory English unaccessory From un- + accessory.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not accessory.
    • Henry had not been made a party to the concealment of Somerset behind the arras-hangings of the royal pavilion; and he was equally unaccessory to the Duke of York's arrest, […] 1858, Mary Cowden Clarke, World-Noted Women, page 220: